| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Editor's Introduction; Section I: Dysfunction and Cinema in Ireland Today; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Section Two: Dysfunction: Sexuality, Dislocation and Space; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Section Three: Dysfunction: Family, Home and Memory; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Section Four: Dysfunction: Struggles and Quests; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Section Five: Interview; Chapter Thirteen; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
This collection of critical essays finds itself at the intersection of cultural, literary and film studies, and explores the various ways in which dysfunction is expressed in Irish studies. Dysfunction can be regarded as part and parcel of a portrayal of a landscape of trauma and crisis that may have been traditionally repressed in Ireland at large. However, dysfunction also envisages mediation, managing, transcending and healing. As such, this volume examines how Ireland tackles dysfunction at large, but more importantly, how mediation, managing, healing and transcending help in the understan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism
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Crises in literature
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Psychic trauma in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Crises in literature
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English literature -- Irish authors
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Literature
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Motion pictures
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Psychic trauma in literature
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- In literature
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Ireland -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004078
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| Subject |
Ireland
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443864084 |
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1443864080 |
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